Proverbs 31:8 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

⁸ Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ Open thy mouth for the dumb In the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ Open your mouth for the dumb [those unable to speak for themselves], for the rights of all who are left desolate and defenseless; [I Sam. 19:4; Esth. 4:16; Job 29:15, 16.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ Open thy mouth for the dumb, In the cause of all such as are left desolate.

Common English Bible

⁸ Speak out on behalf of the voiceless, and for the rights of all who are vulnerable.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ Open your mouth for the mute and for all the cases of the sons who are passing through.

Proverbs 31:8 Cross References

Jeremiah 26:24

Nevertheless, the hand of Ahi´kam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, that they should not give him into the hand of the people to put him to death.

John 7:51

Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth?

Psalm 79:11

Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die;

1 Samuel 20:32

And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him, Wherefore shall he be slain? what hath he done?

Proverbs 24:7

Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.

Job 29:9

The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.

Psalm 82:1

God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods.

Proverbs 29:7

The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.

Proverbs 31:7

Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.

Jeremiah 21:12

O house of David, thus saith the Lord; Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go out like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.